The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-05

was the very essence OF luck in his case
Las he was urged long time before he
made up his mind TO purchase ticket,
which was the last one. He subsequently
sold the team for $50.
j. f. Burton, the Gogebic bonanza
king, has way Of showing his generosity
that will be appreciated by the poor
printer. A young man ofRipon whom he
has engaged TO print n paper in the new
town Of Finney, ON the Wisconsin Cen
trail, starts his paper with a building
erected, free rent and five hundred cash
in advance subscriptions paid for one
year by Burton.
Mrs. Ismay, blind lady living at the
Great Western, had her hands badly
burned on Tuesday. A piece of carpet
ing caught fire and she, after finding il,
undertook TO extinguish it. The left
hand is burned 10 such an extent that it
will be useless to her DIR. Metcalf il
doing all in his power for the uniortu-
nate lady.
Colonel John Sobieski, prominent
lecturer, viii be here on February 18th,
18th and 14th. He will lecture at Dou-
Gets hall on the evenings of the 10th and
l4th and Sunday evening, the 18th, will
speak i'm the Church room. IL is under
stood that two lectures will be given on
temperance and one on Life in Po-
land"
This journal was misinformed last week,
regarding Westover, Sullivan 4 Co.,
transferring their crew from the Paint to
the Fence river. The gentlemen have
taken contract TO put 5000, 900 feet
of pine into the Pine river, near Norway,
and removed the crew, teams and camp
equipage 60 that point early this week.
From March |, the editor OF this paper
will give every subscriber who pays 50 90
for one years subscription TO THE DIA-
MoND Dull, a ticket emitting the holder
To one chance in drawing for an Ed
ridge sewing machine. The machine is
brand-new and valued at 500. The tick
cts are limited to one hundred.
A mmberman of experience said within
hearing Of a representative of this Jour
nal that, the present season was the
most favorable for his business that he
can remember, and that, "ifloggers don't
make money this winter il will be because
they do not know the least thing about
putting in pine"
The kirby-Carpenter Co, and Grafton
Bros, are banking logs just above the
Paint river bridge and have got three
tiers, each about thirty feet high. There
is danger of this great mountain OF pine
taking the bridge with il when the logs
start in the spring.
James Crossman, who last week took
unto himself II wife, realized the fact that
TO begin his new life and do il right, he
must have live newspaper TO read, and
he, rs all dutiful husbands should do, at
once subscribed for THE DIAMOND DRILL.
/ A combined stool Ghd hustle has been
invented for the ladies' When the lady
gets tired OF standing or walking, all she
has TO do, when wearing one of the ma
chimes, il to sit down ON her high stool,
which is always handy What next?
Dan urquhart will cut $50 cords Of ice
on the Paint river and store il in his ice
house at the bridge. The ice is twenty
four inches thick and is Of the best
quality that has ever been taken out.
A number Of the young folks assembled
ON Wednesday evening at the home OF
Mrs. Al. Austrian, in honor of her sisters,
Miss Ida Bartel, twelfth birthday. A
pleasant time was had.
John Grafton is logging for the Potts
estate and will put in 100000 feet of
pine from camp near Runkcl lake. lie
is banking just above the Paint river
bridge, east of town.
A small blaze occurred at Florence ON
Sunday evening. The chimney in Joe
Wcber's house burned out and set fire 10
the roof Prompt action only, saved
the building.